Candleholder
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded in 1710)
Date1750
MediumHard-paste porcelain and gilded bronze
DimensionsOverall: 9 9/16 inches (24.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Peppard in memory of Julia L. Peppard
Object number65-44/2
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DescriptionPainted porcelain figure of Chinese boy with one foot raised, wearing green cabbage-leaf hat and flowered gown with short lavender cape; mounted in scrolled bronze dore baser from which branch twines upward behind figure to form candle socket. The base and branches decorated with metal vines and leaves supporting painted porcelain flowers.
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